Core Module - Attitudes to Government, the Economy and Public Services in Scotland

Authors: John Curtice and Susan Reid

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Summary

This report summarises the key findings and conclusions from a study exploring public perceptions of their local area and greenspace. The report is intended to inform policies on the development of 'Sustainable Places' - places where people want to live and that support people's physical and mental well-being.

It is based on data from the 2009 Scottish Social Attitudes survey, and explores the key features that make somewhere a good place to live, the particular role of greenspace in making somewhere a place people want to live, and the relationship between perceptions of local greenspace and health, subjective wellbeing and social trust.

Background

This paper presents findings from the 2009 Scottish Social Attitudes survey on 3 key questions:

• What are the key factors that people in Scotland think makes somewhere a good place to live?
• What is the role of greenspace in particular in making somewhere a place people want to live?
• What is the relationship between perceptions of greenspace in the local area and health, subjective wellbeing and social trust?

It also explores what people think about their local greenspace and how they use it.